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The Moon on Friday, February 12, 1965: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on February 12, 1965Waxing Gibbous

Friday 12 February 1965363,557 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 12, 1965, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
363,557 km225,904 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 12, 1965 is on Tuesday, February 16, 1965 at 00:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 1, 1965 at 16:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, February 9, 196508:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, February 16, 196500:27

The Moon around February 12

More about this date

Friday, February 12, 1965 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 1965 to the new moon of March 3, 1965, a cycle of 29.72 days.